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Harper Lee

(1926–2016) Prose Writer United States

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Harper Lee was a prose writer from the United States, best known for To Kill a Mockingbird.

Quick Facts About Harper Lee

Born
April 28, 1926
Died
February 19, 2016
Nationality
United States
Profession
Prose Writer
Notable works
To Kill a Mockingbird
Known for
To Kill a Mockingbird, Go Set a Watchman

About Harper Lee

Nelle Harper Lee was an American novelist whose 1960 novel To Kill a Mockingbird won the 1961 Pulitzer Prize and became a classic of modern American literature. She assisted her close friend Truman Capote in his research for the book In Cold Blood (1966). An earlier draft of Mockingbird, set at a later date, Go Set a Watchman, was published in July 2015 as a sequel. A collection of her short stories and essays, The Land of Sweet Forever, was published on October 21, 2025.

Biography source: Wikipedia

Awards & Honors

Presidential Medal of Freedom Pulitzer Prize for Fiction National Medal of Arts Alabama Women's Hall of Fame

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